7th Circ. Says Overwhelming Evidence Backs Madigan Verdict

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit affirmed the conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud charges on Monday, saying sufficient evidence supports the jury's finding and there was no prejudicial error in the lower court's jury instructions that warranted unwinding his 7.5-year prison sentence.

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OCC Moves To Block Illinois' Limits On Card Swipe Fees

By Jon Hill

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has moved to block Illinois from enforcing its landmark swipe-fee law against national banks, issuing emergency rules that open a new front in an ongoing battle over the state's effort to curb merchant payment-processing costs.

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Feds Fight Illinois' Bid To End Suit Over Immigrant Protections

By Celeste Bott

The federal government pushed back Friday on Illinois' bid to dismiss its challenge to two state laws allowing private parties to sue civil immigration officers and barring civil immigration arrests at courthouses, insisting it has standing to sue over its "sovereign injury" because the statutes unconstitutionally regulate the federal government's immigration enforcement.

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DOJ Says Wash. 340B Drug Law Is Preempted In Novartis Suit

By Ben Adlin

The U.S. Department of Justice waded into a dispute between pharmaceutical giants and the state of Washington on Monday, arguing that federal law preempts a new state law that expands discounts that drugmakers must provide under the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program.

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United CEO Touts Merger Benefits Despite American Rebuff

By Linda Chiem

United Airlines' chief executive pressed the merits of a mega airline merger Monday, while also confirming recent reports that he had approached American Airlines about exploring a potential combination, and that American shut the door on any such talks.

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House OKs Bill Letting CBP Share Counterfeit Shipment Data

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. House passed a bill Monday that would allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to share detailed shipment information with brands, online marketplaces and logistics companies when agents suspect imports are counterfeit.

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AGs Say Live Nation Fix Can't Wait On DOJ Deal Approval

By Bryan Koenig

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. sparred with state attorneys general expected to seek a forced Ticketmaster sale after winning a New York federal jury antitrust verdict, with the company seeking to delay the breakup fight until after the judge reviews a separate U.S. Department of Justice settlement, and the enforcers preferring parallel proceedings.

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Health Plan Provider To Pay Up To $1.7M To End DOL Lawsuit

By Patrick Hoff

A health plan provider has agreed to pay up to $1.7 million to resolve a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit claiming it unlawfully mixed plan assets from unrelated employers and charged its clients excessive fees, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.

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Justices Won't Review Ex-DePaul Instructor's Race Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review the dismissal of a former DePaul University instructor's suit claiming he wasn't rehired because he's Arab American, despite his argument that the school's inconsistent explanations for letting him go meant his case should have gone to trial.

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Canada Provinces Back Hockey League's Antitrust Dismissal

By Matthew Perlman

The governments of four Canadian provinces have urged the Ninth Circuit to reject an appeal from junior hockey players accusing the National Hockey League and its developmental organizations of suppressing compensation.

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GrayRobinson Sued Over 'Reckless' Data Security Measures

By Adrian Cruz

GrayRobinson PA has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Florida-based firm of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach that exposed the personal data of around 65,000 people.

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Judge Publicly Scolds 'Disgraced' Ex-Prosecutor For AI Errors

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina federal judge has eviscerated a former federal prosecutor in a public reprimand for his use of artificial intelligence to draft a response brief that was riddled with hallucinations, calling out the prosecutor's "lack of candor" and saying he "disgraced not only himself, but also the entire office he formerly served."

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Comey Indicted Again As Feds Call Seashell Message 'Threat'

By Phillip Bantz

Former FBI director James Comey was again indicted Tuesday by the Trump administration, this time over a social media post last year of an image of seashells arranged on a North Carolina beach to form the message "86 47," which prosecutors characterized as a threat of violence against the president.

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Maurene Comey Can Sue DOJ Over Firing, Judge Rules

By Phillip Bantz

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey can move forward with her lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's administration fired her because she is the daughter of ex-FBI director and Trump's perceived enemy James B. Comey, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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ADT Blasts 'Speculative' Bid To DQ Ogletree From Bias Case

By Gina Kim

ADT LLC urged a Georgia federal judge on Monday to reject an attorney's motion to disqualify Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC from defending it against discrimination claims while concurrently defending Microsoft Corp. in the attorney's own pregnancy bias suit, arguing the two matters are wholly separate and unrelated so there's no conflict. 

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Nadine Menendez Says Feds Need To 'Look Into The Mirror'

By George Woolston

Nadine Menendez dug into her bid for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-politician husband, telling a New York federal court that prosecutors refuse to own up to their handling of the "forced withdrawal" of her counsel.

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Teleflex Settles Catheter Patent Case Against Medtronic

By Elliot Weld

Medical device company Teleflex and Medtronic have reached a settlement to end a catheter patent dispute from which a judge recused himself after explaining he was "at a loss" on how to proceed.

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